Career planning includes self-assessment, career exploration, decision making, life role formation, goal setting, and the implementation of career choices.

A Career interest portfolio lists -

Career test results

Career interests -What you like to do

Skills - Activities that you do well

Values - Beliefs that are important to you

Favorite subjects

Favorite activities and hobbies

Career experiences: Field trips, interviews with people at work, and interactions with mentors or key resource people

Future job possibilities

A career interest portfolio helps you -

Highlight your interests, abilities, and skills

Recognize your strengths

See the relationships between extracurricular activities and career goals

Learn about world of work

Open your eyes to new job opportunities

Identify workplace skills

List your career exploration objectives

Focus on achieving the right career objectives

Set realistic achievable goals

Make educational and career plans

The career interest portfolio is an excellent aid for students. Education, learning, and training serve as the bridge between school and world of work. School is a time of transition. A career interest portfolio serves as a journal to record special activities and events.

The career interest portfolio helps students -

Increase self awareness

Expand knowledge of careers

Improve career exploration and planning skills

Develop motivation and self confidence

Career interest portfolios provide students with awesome opportunities to gain self awareness as well as to explore and understand the world of work.

Use the career interest portfolios with the Paint Careers With Colors Career Tests.

A Career interest portfolio lists -

Career test results

Career interests - What you like to do

Skills - Activities that you do well

Values - Beliefs that are important to you

Favorite subjects

Favorite activities and hobbies

Career experiences: Field trips, interviews with people at work, and interactions with mentors or key resource people

Future job possibilities

A career interest portfolio provides a snap shot of the interests, abilities, and skills.

Virtual Career Portfolios

Our two career planning courses that will build a career portfolio -

Career Portfolio Tools

Test Drive Your Career Test! You Have The Keys!

The Career Portfolio Tools course
is a step-by-step guide to explore careers and college majors.

Use the course to pinpoint -

Interests

Abilities

Skills

Talents

Values

Discover who you really are and understand your likes, dislikes, and interests.

You can access, review, and redo the Interests, Skills, Values, and Personality Inventories.

Research a Career Tool

Use the Research a Career database to find information on 1200+ occupations. Each Occupational List provides information on -

Overview

Job duties

Skills

Values

Outlook

Earnings

Advancement

Working Conditions

Interest (Holland Codes) Scores

Areas of Study

Training or Educational Levels

School Search Tools

The Research a Career Tool allows you to research careers by name or Industry Group. The Industry Groups are -

Architecture & Engineering

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media

Building and Ground Cleaning and Maintenance

Business and Financial Operations

Community and Social Services

Computer, Information Technology and Mathematics

Construction and Extraction

Education, Training and Library

Farming, Fishing, and Forestry

Food Preparation and Serving

Healthcare Practitioners and Technology

Healthcare Support

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Legal

Life, Physical, and Social Science

Management

Military

Office and Administrative Support

Personal Care and Service

Production

Protective Service

Sales and Related

Transportation and Materials Moving

School Tool

The Interests, Skills, Values, and Personality Inventories generate School Lists. The School Tool obtains school from a database of 6000+ post-secondary institutions. The School Tool searches for schools according to the following criteria -

Name of School

Location of School

Region in the USA

Type of School

Size and Cost

Major Areas of Study

All career and school lists can be printed and saved for future reference.